Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 95 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 95 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Sun, Mar 10, 2019, 12:09 AM GMT-3 (03:09 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 28 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2019-03-10 03:09:45 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.375° S, 72.205° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude
4.5 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 156°, dip 88°, rake 77°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 58°, dip 13°, rake 171°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.6 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
149°
Stations used
48

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.263 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2759 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 4.033 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2759 days ago · 41 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 5.228 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2756 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 12
  4. 4.572 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2755 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 4.027 km SSE of Coquimbo, Chile · 2754 days ago · 69 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.429 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2740 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 4.835 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2737 days ago · 63 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 4
  8. 4.812 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2735 days ago · 62 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 8
  9. 4.344 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2721 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 4.037 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2714 days ago · 60 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  11. 4.033 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2713 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 4.741 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2712 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  13. 4.131 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2707 days ago · 34 km deep · 88 km away

Before

  1. 3.630 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2763 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.422 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2763 days ago · 48 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 4.630 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2764 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 6
  4. 4.314 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2766 days ago · 67 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.449 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2767 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
  6. 5.041 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2771 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 5
  7. 4.926 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2775 days ago · 47 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 14
  8. 5.349 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2775 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 7
  9. 4.5Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 2786 days ago · 37 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000jd34. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:43 PM UTC.